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Sándor Petőfi
Petőfi
also: Petőfi, Alexander Petőfi
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849), Hungary's most celebrated Romantic lyric poet, who died in the revolution of 1848–49; Madách closes the essay with a quatrain from his love poetry as the ultimate formulation of woman's dual nature.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 Petőfi
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849), Hungary's most celebrated Romantic lyric poet, who died in the revolution of 1848–49; the quoted stanza is from his love poem cycle.
- Collected Poems (319 Poems, 1837–1864) §118 On Petőfi's Grave
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849), Hungary's greatest Romantic lyric poet, who died in the revolution of 1848–49; Madách's epigram mourns the loss of Hungary's national bard.